Greetings from New Zealand

We found out about a student in Poland who adores New Zealand.  His parents got in touch with a Polish Community in Auckland and asked if anybody could post him a card. Because we were learning about New Zealand this year, this was a perfect way of sharing our beautiful country.  The students brainstormed their favourite New Zealand places and wrote their individual messages. The teacher wrote a message in Polish and we also composed a message in English. The children found out that a card from Poland is on its way. Will it get here by the end of the term?

 

The Gift of Giving

This week we've been making Christmas arts and cards. This involved cards with 3D elements and crafting mini Christmas trees. We picked up some sticks outside and used whatever we could find in the classroom. This has been exciting because some children had to overcome their fear of operating hot glue gun. Because this process had tangible effect, the students were so eager to make them. Only minor burns and no tree looked the same! Room 18 is a very creative classroom where children don't have to make identical designs and follow the same proces. They need to be guided by their own imagination, thinking, solve own problems, make mistakes and keep on going. They made one thing to keep and one or more to give...

 

Time Capsule-open in 2121

 This week, we wrote messages to the people in future.  We wrote what 2021 was all about. It was beneficial to put all of our experiences on paper. The time capsule will be buried next week and instructed to be open in 100 years. We hope there will be no COVID but New Zealand will still have our beloved kiwis, tuis, keas and more. Later, we found a book called The Mysterious Time Capsule.  Reading it was easy, now that we have made our own.